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Final trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Thought you’d seen the last trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies before its UK release tomorrow? Well think again… On the eve of our final trip to Middle-earth under director Peter Jackson, a final trailer for the defining chapter of the director’s Hobbit trilogy has arrived online, and you can check […]

Movie Review – Black Panther (2018)

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Black Panther, 2018. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Sterling K. Brown, Florence Kasumba, John Kani, and Andy Serkis. SYNOPSIS: T’Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the […]

Second Opinion – Black Panther (2018)

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Black Panther, 2018. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Sterling K. Brown, Florence Kasumba, John Kani, and Andy Serkis. SYNOPSIS: T’Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the […]

Movie Review – Black Panther (2018)

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Black Panther, 2018. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Sterling K. Brown, Florence Kasumba, John Kani, and Andy Serkis. SYNOPSIS: T’Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, […]

Movie Review – Ghost Stories (2017)

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Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson. Starring Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther and Andy Nyman. SYNOPSIS: Professor Philip Goodman (Andy Nyman) is a sceptic, making TV documentaries on clairvoyants and mystics, exposing them as frauds.  So he definitely doesn’t believe in ghosts.  He’s contacted by a predecessor, another sceptic, who […]

New trailer for zombie drama Cargo starring Martin Freeman

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Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released a new trailer for writer-directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke’s Australian post-apocalyptic zombie drama Cargo which stars Martin Freeman, Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter, Caren Pistorius, Kris McQuade, Bruce R Carter, Natasha Wanganeen, Simone Landers, and David Gulpilil; check it out here… Stranded in rural […]

Second Opinion – Ghost Stories (2017)

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Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Starring Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, and Alex Lawther. SYNOPSIS: Arch sceptic Professor Phillip Goodman embarks upon a terror-filled quest when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three cases of inexplicable ‘hauntings’. I have a real soft spot for anthology horror […]

Martin Freeman stars in trailer for post-apocalyptic zombie drama Cargo

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Ahead of its US premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next month, a new trailer has arrived online for the Australian post-apocalyptic zombie drama Cargo. Written and directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke, the film is based on their 2013 short of the same name and stars Martin Freeman as a father desperately seeking […]

Movie Review – Ghost Stories (2017)

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Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson. Starring Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Alex Lawther and Paul Whitehouse. SYNOPSIS: Arch sceptic Professor Phillip Goodman (Nyman) embarks upon a terror-filled quest when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three cases of inexplicable ‘hauntings’. Actor Andy Nyman and The League of Gentleman co-creator Jeremy Dyson adapt […]

Martin Freeman says Sherlock’s rabid fan base took the fun out of making the show

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The BBC’s Sherlock series is well known for its devoted fan base, but according to actor Martin Freeman – who plays Dr. John Watson opposite Benedict Cumberbatch’s Holmes – some of the more rabid fans only served to add to the pressure, and made making the show less fun. “To be absolutely honest, it [was] […]